May 11, 2008

Week in Palm Beach with Sally & Sam...

Whitehall...Flagler's home he built for his bride, Mary Lily in 1900...
it is a beautiful museum of his life and times in early Florida...


Mar-a-Lago owned by Donald Trump since 1985....110,000 sq ft.
on 20 acres...

Sally & Faith at Ocean Street entrance to Mar-a-Lago
On October 3, 2006, Trump raised a 15' × 25' flag on an 80' flagpole at Mar-a-Lago.
Town zoning officials asked Trump to adhere to town zoning codes that limit flagpoles to a height of 42'. Trump had contemporaneously installed oversize flags at all his resorts and golf club around the country . This dispute led the town council of Palm Beach to charge Trump $1,250 for every day the flag at Mar-A-Lago remains. Trump has filed a lawsuit stating that the flag is protected by his constitutional rights.
The flag pole incident has since then been quietly resolved. The six-month stand-off ended as town officials agreed to a settlement that will lower the banner 10 feet and move it away from the ocean. All fines will be dropped and Trump will contribute $100,000 to various charities for Iraq War veterans, the American flag or veterans' hospitals. Trump will also drop a $25 million lawsuit against the town.
Sassy girls on Worth Avenue...

Our condo was on a private peninsula with a Million/Billion Dollar view...

I was astonished at nature's beauty of Worth Avenue and Palm Beach
Ocean Drive...it was truly breathtaking.....

This was a dear lady named 'Mama'....what a delight !
Her daughter owns a Worth Avenue 'designers' Consignment Shop
called Avenue Revue which Sally and I visited...
"Mama had the most wonderful sense of humor, was quick witted and
folksy while doing her crossword puzzles...she did say that she 'sometimes cheats'
as she does her 'brain exercise' on crosswords...

How appropriate to end with a family meal with Sally's
granddaughter Michelle and 'pretty baby' Kinsley....
at Ft. Pierce Marina...Poppa Sam has Kinsley....
Happy Mother's Day, Sally and Michelle...

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